Constance-Hippolyte Gosselin (2 January 1793, in Paris – date of death unknown) was a French ballet dancer.
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' The daughter of a dancing master and younger sister of the dancer
Geneviève Gosselin
Geneviève-Adélaïde Gosselin (1791 – 1818, ) was a French ballet dancer known for being the first dancer en pointe.
Biography Early life
Geneviève Gosselin was the daughter of a ballet master and was also the eldest sister of three other f ...
, Constance débuted at the
Opéra de Paris
The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...
in 1810, after studying dance under
Louis Duport
Louis-Antoine Duport (1781, Paris – 19 October 1853, Paris) was a French ballet dancer, ballet composer and ballet master.
Life
Born in Paris, Duport studied dance under Jean-François Coulon and began his career on the Boulevards and at the ...
and
Jean-François Coulon. She married
Auguste-Anatole Petit in 1815 and was thus also known as Madame Anatole.
Made
première danseuse in 1822, her principal partner was
Paul
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amily name with whom she made a triumphal tour to London in 1822. Her dance style was elegant and discrete, predisposing her to serious roles in ballets by
Pierre Gardel
Pierre-Gabriel Gardel (4 February 1758, in Nancy, France – 18 October 1840, in Paris) was a French ballet dancer, ballet master, violinist, and composer., 2007. He was the younger brother of Maximilien Gardel, seventeen years his senior. In 1795 ...
,
Jean-Pierre Aumer
Jean-Louis Aumer (21 April 1774 – 6 July 1833), also referred to as Jean-Pierre Aumer, was a French ballet dancer and choreographer.
Early life and career as a dancer
Aumer was born in Strasbourg of a manual labourer and non-theatrical parents ...
and
Albert
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. She left the stage in 1830.
References
1793 births
French ballerinas
Year of death missing
Dancers from Paris
19th-century French ballet dancers
Anatole
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